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Connecticut bill could apply sales tax to downloadable games
Connecticut bill could apply sales tax to downloadable games
The Connecticut State Senate has introduced a new bill that seeks to apply sales tax to all downloadable products, affecting digital games and all other related content.
March 14, 2012
Battlefield 3, Portal 2, more win big at 10th annual G.A.N.G. Awards
Battlefield 3, Portal 2, more win big at 10th annual G.A.N.G. Awards
The Game Audio Network Guild has publicly announced the winners of its 10th annual G.A.N.G. Awards, which honored the standout achievements in video game audio for titles released in 2011.
March 14, 2012
'Molydeux' Twitter parody inspires new indie game jam
'Molydeux' Twitter parody inspires new indie game jam
A parody Twitter account based on ex-Lionhead lead Peter Molyneux has become a source of hilarity and inspiration among the game industry, and has since become the basis for a new indie game jam.
March 14, 2012
Pocket Gems and Chartboost seek partners for mobile ad promotion
Pocket Gems and Chartboost seek partners for mobile ad promotion
Mobile social developer Pocket Gems and mobile ad network Chartboost today announced a new program that will help developers more easily secure ads to monetize their free to play games.
March 14, 2012
GDC Podcast: Warren Spector, Bennett Foddy, Paulina Bozek and more
GDC Podcast: Warren Spector, Bennett Foddy, Paulina Bozek and more
Warren Spector, Bennett Foddy, Paulina Bozek, Julian Merceron, Zach Gage, Jan Plass and Martin Hollis all drop by on this lively edition of the One Life Left / Gamasutra GDC Podcast, recorded last week.
March 14, 2012
Highlight specific skills in your art portfolio, says NinjaBee's Fox
Highlight specific skills in your art portfolio, says NinjaBee's Fox
In Gamasutra's newest feature, NinjaBee art director Brent Fox advises game artists to highlight specific skills in their portfolio pieces, and shares other useful tips for artists showing off their work to prospective employers.
March 14, 2012
Zynga files for $400M secondary offering
Zynga files for $400M secondary offering
Farmville house Zynga on Wednesday filed for a $400 million secondary offering, a move that one game industry analyst said has "potential to be a positive."
March 14, 2012
Star Wars: The Old Republic still growing after strangely smooth launch
Star Wars: The Old Republic still growing after strangely smooth launch
The launch of MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic went "surprisingly smoothly," production director Dallas Dickinson tells Gamasutra, and the game is managing to retain its players.
March 14, 2012
Performance comparison between Bit9, Symantec and McAfee
Performance comparison between Bit9, Symantec and McAfee
The Tolly Group has published a new report: 'Comparison of Bit9 Advanced Threat Solution versus McAfee Endpoint Protection Suite and Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1'. But are they apples and oranges?
March 14, 2012
HHS fines Blue Cross of Tennessee for theft of 57 hard drives
HHS fines Blue Cross of Tennessee for theft of 57 hard drives
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is fining Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee $1.5 million related to the 2009 theft of 57 unencrypted computer hard drives containing protected health information on over one million patients.
March 14, 2012
What's an ex-indie filmmaker doing at Unity?
What's an ex-indie filmmaker doing at Unity?
In this new Gamasutra interview, Nicholas Francis, the engine provider's chief creative officer, explains how his background outside of games lead him to make sure the tool is both useful and simple.
March 13, 2012
Jade's Empire: Ubisoft's Raymond looks forward
Jade's Empire: Ubisoft's Raymond looks forward
"There's always going to be a market for the very high end [console]," Ubisoft Toronto managing director Jade Raymond tells Gamasutra. Here, she reflects further on the impending shifts in the video game market.
March 13, 2012